NEW ZEALAND – PBS reported that the  rapper Tupac Shakur was sighted in New Zealand this weekend. 

PBS is reporting that  Tupac Shakur was sighted and photographed having drinks at a bar in Auckland, New Zealand.  Soon thereafter the internet was ablaze with speculation if this was real and Tupac was really alive.

Tupac Shakur was allegedly gunned down September 7th 1996 after leaving a boxing match.  However reporters have discovered that Tupac actually survived the shooting, but he and record label executives paid off medical examiners to claim he had died.  His apparent death allowed him to escape his assailants and his constant legal battles.

Since then Tupac had lived in hiding under an assumed name in rural Pennsylvania.  Weekly World News reporters tracked down the beloved rap star to his new home.

With regards to going into hiding he said, “At first it was life or death.  I’d just been shot at and I knew it wasn’t going to stop.  Once I was out of the game, a fresh start looked too good.  All the baggage from the old life, I could let it go and walk away.”

Since then, “I mostly keep my head low.  Don’t draw attention.  Staying out of trouble.”

When asked about how he spends his time, he said, “Ya know, same old same old.  Shop at the Farmer’s Market.  Keep my bees, get some honey.  Flirt with the girls at Dairy Queen.  Nothin’ big.”

For creative exploits, Tupac says, “I like to knit.”  His house was covered with hand knit pieces celebrating his former celebrity and sweaters with ‘Thug Life’ stitched on them.   Above the couch was a large tapestry depicting a scene from his California Love video.  He went on: “I do a lot of writing.  Jewel’s book of poetry, that was mine.  I also ghost wrote the screenplay for ‘The Lake House’.”

Tupac said he has no plans to return to the public eye.  “I’m a keep it straight chillin’ here.  Keep them bees, work the strawberry patch.  End of the day, play on with some World of Warcraft.  It’s a good life.”

Many people were amazed at the Tupac hologram, who performed at Coachella a few weeks ago.  But in an exclusive interview, sources close to Tupac say that  it wasn’t a hologram…. Tupac is still alive!

He is calling his 2012 tour… The Resurrection Tour!

“Tupac never died.  He was playing everybody,” said a source close to Tupac.  ”And that wasn’t no hologram.  That was Tupac for real.  We just used some magic to make it look like it was a hologram.

Tupac is arguably the greatest rap star of all times and fans are already lining up to get tickets.  The tour will kick off in Madison Square Garden in September and end in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve.

Dr. Dre has confirmed that he will join Tupac on the Resurrection Tour.  Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Drake will also join the tour.

“Everybody loves Tupac.  This is going to be the greatest tour of all time.   No doubt,” an insider close to Dr. Dre said. I

Tupac performed  renditions of “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”  at Coachella… but sources say that Tupac is going to tour with – all new material!

“Tupac has been busy working on what we all think is the greatest record made by anybody.   When this drops, well you can forget about Elvis, The Beatles, Madonna, The Stones,  and all the rappers… this will be THE album on the millennium.”

Tour organizers plan on announcing details of the Tupac 2012 Resurrection Tour in New York City on May 15th.

Get ready to make good… out of the dirty, nasty!

LOS ANGELES -  Tupac’s old crew confirmed today that they smoked his ashes.

Members of a rap group founded by Tupac Shakur invited press in today and confirmed they  rolled up Pac’s ashes with marijuana and SMOKED him after he passed away.

The Outlawz , who are most famous for the Biggie Smalls diss track “Hit ‘em Up, ” said, “Yeah, it’s definitely true.”  They said it all went down at a beach memorial for Pac  and 2Pac mom was present at the time.

Here’s Pac with the Outlawz:

They also claim that “smoking Pac”  was the greatest high in the world.  “Pac really set us up.  I’ll never float like that again.”

The rappers claim the idea was inspired by a lyric in one of Tupac’s songs in which he said, “Last wishes n**gas, smoke my ashes.”

So , the Outlawz say they simply followed Pac’s request — explaining, “We twist up some of that great-granddaddy California kush …and mixed the big homie with it ,  so you know, [Tupac is] flowin’ through our system.”

This is bound to start a trend of celebrity ashes for sale.  Rumors are there’s some “George Carlin” out there…

Here’s a taste of TuPac and the Outlawz:

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Photos from International Space Station reveal undeniable evidence that Michael is not dead – he’s living on the moon!

Last week, crew members aboard the space station radioed Mission Control after they spotted what they described as a “strange, effeminate man-child in a sequin jacket” doing leg kicks on the surface of the moon.

“They wanted to know if they could take pictures of thing,” said NASA engineer Mark Mallowry. “We thought it was probably just some space dust, so we told them to take as many pictures as they wanted.”

But when the photos arrived at NASA headquarters in Houston, Texas, Mallowry and his colleagues were shocked at what they saw.

“I could not believe what I was looking at,” Mallowry said. “There, right in front of my eyes, was Michael Jackson! On the surface of the moon!”

The photos depict an aged Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk outside of a lunar space module. Also visible in the photograph is Michael’s chimpanzee friend, Bubbles.

“This is a mind-blowing discovery,” said Mark Housman, Director of NASA’s Lunar Imaging Department. “I had a hunch that Michael Jackson wasn’t really dead, and it makes sense that he’s living on the moon. He was just too weird for this planet.”

This startling evidence refutes claims long-held views that the King of Pop died of a drug overdose in 2009, or that he is living on a secluded island with Elvis, Tupac, and Biggie Smalls.

Some of Michael’s friends and family were overjoyed upon hearing the news.

“I knew the MJ wasn’t dead,” said Chris Tucker, an actor and lifelong friend of Michael Jackson. “It makes me so happy knowing that my best buddy is up there on the moon, just doing what he does best where no one can bother him.”

Others were convinced that the pictures were hoax, released by NASA as a promotional stunt for Jackson’s latest album, Michael, which was produced and edited by Quincy Jones.

But Jones was quick to defend himself against the accusations.

“Michael and I have been working on this album for a long time,” said Jones in a phone interview. “He would send me tracks from his house on the moon, and I would edit them here on earth.”

“And believe me,” he added. “I am not making this up. After all, this is Michael Jackson we’re talking about – he’s done much, much weirder.”

[Photos by BOY MACK]

HOLLYWOOD – Producers of the hit Fox sitcom, Glee, are preparing a show dedicated to the  music of Tupac.

Hot off a hit episode dedicated to the music of Britney Spears, producers of the FOX Sitcom, Glee, have decided to do an entire episode based on the music of Tupac Shakur.

Tupac’s estate has given the producers permission to pick through his back catalogue for the upcoming tribute episode.  The family is looking forward to seeing what director Ryan Murphy and the cast make of songs like Hit ‘Em Up and Picture Me Rolling.

A family spokesperson said that few people knew that Tupac was in the school choir when he was in grade school.  “He loved to sing Kumbaya and Jimmy Crack Corn.  He loved that sh@t,” said Tupac’s half-brother Maurice Harding.

“Tupac is one of the greatest artist in the last thirty years and high school choirs across the country have been singing his songs for years.  His song, “I  Don’t Give a F*&k” is regularly sung at grammar school graduations., ” said Glee Executive Producer Moses Blue.  “We think it’s time that his songs get sung on national TV by a talented group of high-energy thespians.”

The show will feature some of Tupac’s best-loved songs:  When Thugz Cry, Brenda’s Got a Baby, Pour Out A Little Liquor and the rousing Hell 4 A Hustler.

But Harding and Glee producers have come under fire from the rap and hip-hip communities saying that Tupac would never want his music played on Glee.  “Yo, Tupac was the man, greatest rapper of all time.  To have his rhymes trashed by those fools on Glee, man, that is the lowest.  FOX gonna get a hurtin’ for doing this.  The hip-hip community ain’t gonna stand for it.  The Protests, they a coming…” said Def Jam executive, Tony Sharraz.

“Oh, they are just jealous.  Eminem has contacted us about getting his music on the show, so has Run DMC, Common, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West.  Everybody in the hip-hop community is a sellout, everybody in music.  That’s just the way it is,” said FOX executive Lloyd Brownstiein.   “Music doesn’t mean anything anymore unless it’s on TV.”

Glee’s “Very Special Tupac Episode” will air in November.